Blackcaps v Sri Lanka
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@Chris-B said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@hydro11 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@canefan said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@Gunner said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Mate, 150 odd for 5, were all but fucked.
Get in tonight after a busy day out and we made 370 odd.We’ve got an incredible knack of getting ourselves out of some really shit situations at the moment.
Out batting order seems very brittle at the moment, prone to a collapse which we haven’t seen much of in the last couple of years.
Nicholls the huge concern, hasn’t scored runs for what seems a long time. Time to give Young or Phillips some time in the saddle and see what they can do.
Yup. Can't judge Young or Phillips on a game or two, Nicholls has been given far more rope than that
Young and Phillips are just clearly worse players. I'm all for someone arguing that Nicholls is out of form and maybe someone else could score more runs than him in Wellington. I don't accept that there is a better batsman than him in New Zealand waiting in the wings.
Nicholls has been substandard for the past two years - during that time he's averaged 22 and made one hundred that various people have claimed he was dropped five times in getting.
There comes a point where you have to be dropped and Henry is there for me (well, one more chance to save himself).
According to my calculations, in non-test first class cricket:
Phillips averages about 41.5
Nicholls averages 39.1
And Daryl Mitchell averages 37.5A year ago there would have been a good case that Mitch Jr. was clearly a worse player than Nicholls (and our selectors clearly thought so). It's possible that Phillips - or whomever else replaces Nicholls - would similarly take to test cricket like a duck to water.
Phillips has already shown good temperament in limited overs international cricket
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Beauty of an over from Rajitha
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@LABCAT said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
And if we are really serious about finding a spinner who can bat a bit, lets select this guy:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/adithya-ashok-1193546Daniel Vettori had a similar amount of experience when he was picked and look how he turned out.
Or Tim "son of Chris" Pringle
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Can any locals give us an update on the weather down there please ?
Fucken hate it when rain delays cricket……I don’t mind it if it saves our asses though.
So being ever the optimist with a couple of tried and proven players at the crease I’m hating it right now.
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@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
I don’t mind it if it saves our asses though.
it's screwing Sri Lanka. Our chance to win was to bat enough overs today - if the overs drop we'll defend, and rolling a side in a couple of sessions looks unlikely here.
Pity, would have been a damn good day of test cricket! Christchurch is ususally so dry as well, unlucky
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@nzzp said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
I don’t mind it if it saves our asses though.
it's screwing Sri Lanka. Our chance to win was to bat enough overs today - if the overs drop we'll defend, and rolling a side in a couple of sessions looks unlikely here.
Pity, would have been a damn good day of test cricket! Christchurch is ususally so dry as well, unlucky
Do you not remember all those infamous Black Caps batting collapses?!
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@Higgins said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@nzzp said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@MN5 said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
I don’t mind it if it saves our asses though.
it's screwing Sri Lanka. Our chance to win was to bat enough overs today - if the overs drop we'll defend, and rolling a side in a couple of sessions looks unlikely here.
Pity, would have been a damn good day of test cricket! Christchurch is ususally so dry as well, unlucky
Do you not remember all those infamous Black Caps batting collapses?!
110 all out. Still fresh
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@canefan Imagine how bad it would have been without Chris Martin's 7 (Average 2.36) , at the astonishing strike rate of 70, in the tenth wicket partnership of fourteen with Brent Arnel (Average 5.62 helped by four not outs from his twelve innings).
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@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
@booboo said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Wags: bulging disc and torn hammy.
Career ender at
36?Loves Wags.
37 apparently
Birthday today?
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@KiwiPie said in Blackcaps v Sri Lanka:
Cricinfo is always full of comments about "why aren't they scoring at 5 an over" as if teams can just decide on whatever scoring rate they want. Plenty of fast scoring players lower down if they can keep wickets in hand
Not everyone can be cricket experts like us on the fern though
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Especially coming out after a rain delay when the conditions are uncertain and can change quickly.
This is basically going to be a double session today, almost 4 hours. Will be interesting to see whether than benefits the batters or bowlers more.
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